Having
uploaded the seven reports listed above, we can click on each to ascertain that
the report is executing properly. Should any connectivity issues emerge, see Testing the Reports - and
Resolving Data Source Issues in my articleManaging
Reporting Services: Data Connections and Uploads, as well as the Books
Online, for guidance.

9.
Open each report, executing it
to overview the data it presents and other features.

We
now have a working data source, as well as a group of sample reports that not
only provide a "quick start" for the information consumers'
performance and auditing reporting efforts, but which also act as a good set of
reports to follow when constructing new reports along the same lines. We will
create a custom report next, to obtain a little more familiarity with the source
data, as well as with a representative report's layout and other
characteristics.